Marvel Music
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Marvel Music has been an imprint of Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

, former music publishing subsidiaries, Mighty Marvel Music Inc. and Marvel Music Group and the current Marvel Music, Inc., appearent holder of copyrights to Marvel Studio's movie music.

Imprint

Marvel Music was a short-lived Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 imprint
Imprint
In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...

 published in 1994–1995, launched by Editor Mort Todd
Mort Todd
Mort Todd , is an American who has spent his career in comics, animation and entertainment, notably as the editor-in-chief of Cracked magazine, and later, Marvel Music...

. These comics featured the life stories of famous musicians and bands, some being closely biographical while others were only loosely based on fact.

The imprint was launched with Alice Cooper's "The Last Temptation" in June 1994.

Titles

  • Bob Marley
    Bob Marley
    Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

    : Tale Of The Tuff Gong #1-3 (1994-1995)
  • Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

    : The Last Temptation #1-3, by Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman
    Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...

     and Michael Zulli
    Michael Zulli
    Michael Zulli is an American artist known for his work as an animal and wildlife illustrator and as a comic book illustrator. He's gotten great acclaim for his work on The Sandman with writer Neil Gaiman and has been a longtime collaborator with the author...

    , with Alice Cooper (1994) — based on the Last Temptation album by Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

    • The Compleat Alice Cooper: Incorporating the Three Acts of Alice Cooper, The Last Temptation, by Neil Gaiman; Michael Zulli; Alice Cooper (1995)
  • Break The Chain, based on the life of KRS-One
    KRS-One
    Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper...

     — issue #1 included a Rap music audio cassette reading of the comic (1994)
  • Woodstock, 1969-1994, by Mort Todd
    Mort Todd
    Mort Todd , is an American who has spent his career in comics, animation and entertainment, notably as the editor-in-chief of Cracked magazine, and later, Marvel Music...

     and Charles Schneider, illustrated by Pat Redding (1994) ISBN 078510075X
  • Marty Stuart
    Marty Stuart
    John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...

    : Marty Party In Space, by Marty Stuart
    Marty Stuart
    John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...

    , Paul S. Newman
    Paul S. Newman
    Paul S. Newman was an American writer of comic books, comic strips, and books, whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s...

    , and Pat Boyette
    Pat Boyette
    Pat Boyette Pat Boyette Pat Boyette (July 27, 1923, San Antonio, Texas – January 14, 2000, was an American broadcasting personality and news producer, and later a comic book artist best known for two decades of work for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the character The Peacemaker...

     (1995)
  • Billy Ray Cyrus
    Billy Ray Cyrus
    William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon...

    , by Paul S. Newman
    Paul S. Newman
    Paul S. Newman was an American writer of comic books, comic strips, and books, whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s...

    , Dan Barry, and Gail Beckett (1995)
  • Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
    Voodoo Lounge
    Voodoo Lounge is the 20th British and 22nd American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in July 1994. As their first new release under their new alliance with Virgin Records, it ended a five-year gap since their last studio album, Steel Wheels in 1989...

    , by Dave McKean
    Dave McKean
    David McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....

     (1995)
  • Onyx
    Onyx
    Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color . Commonly, specimens of onyx contain bands of black and/or white.-Etymology:...

    : Fight!", by Karl Bollers and Larry Lee
    Larry Lee
    Lawrence H. "Larry" Lee, Jr. was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for his work with Al Green and Jimi Hendrix.-Gypsy Sun and Rainbows:...

     (1995)

Mighty Group

Mighty Marvel Music Corporation (incorporated 07/29/1981) and Marvel Music Groups, Inc. (incorporated 07/29/1981) were music publishing subsidaries of Marvel Entertainment Group that were retained by New World Entertainment when Marvel was sold to Andrews Group in 1989. and were with New World when they were sold to Fox.

Current corporation

Marvel Music, Inc. was incorporated on 09/22/2005 to manage Marvel Studios
Marvel Studios
Marvel Studios, originally Marvel Films, is an American television and motion picture studio based in Manhattan Beach, California. Marvel Studios is a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, a self-contained part of the The Walt Disney Company conglomerate....

's and Marvel Animation
Marvel Animation
Marvel Animation, LLC is an American animation production company. The Marvel Entertainment subsidiary was incorporated on January 25, 2008 to direct Marvel's efforts in animation and home entertainment markets...

's filmed music.
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